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This lovely Queen Anne mansion near the village of Abberley was built in 1710 by the architect Gilbert White, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren.

This lovely Queen Anne mansion near the village of Abberley was built in 1710 by the architect Gilbert White, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren.

Considered to be one of the finest boulevards in Europe, Princes Street was the place to shop and eat. Restaurants included a branch of Ferguson & Forrester, the Royal British, and Littlejohn's.

This, constructed in 1564-66, pre-dated the canals in the north of England, where many people think the canal age started.

Thatched cottages abound in the pretty village of Wicken. Nearby Wicken Fen is virtually the only remaining piece of natural undrained fenland left.

Here we see the castle after its restoration by the Marquis of Bute. The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.

Although best known for its pebbled surface, low tide exposes a fair stretch of sand on Penarth Beach.

For many years hoards of revellers would descend on the beach from Cardiff via cheap ferry trips.

The construction of the Esplanade c1883-84, costing in the region of £10,000, would provide a stable and stylish platform along which the town's chic new visitors could indulge in the fashion for promenading

This scene perfectly captures the rural setting of the remains of the 12th-century Benedictine Priory. The unusual oval window in the gable is similar to one at the Hospital of St John at Huntingdon.

The coming of the railway to the town in 1843 not only sparked the massive increase in people arriving from London, seventy-one miles away, en route for the Continent, but also Folkestone's growth as

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.

This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

Another view of the High Street at a less congested point and on a very hot and sunny summer's day: the shopkeepers have lowered their sun-blinds to protect their wares, and the lady on the left has

This hamlet down in the East Looe river valley a mile from Liskeard was once a small centre of industry.

Pennard stands high above a tidal creek some eight miles west-south-west of Swansea. The ruins are of a late 13th-century castle built on the site of an earlier stronghold.

This great citadel was erected by Edward I of England between 1285 and 1322 as one of a chain of castles by which he kept a secure footing in Wales.

Built of red sandstone, Chester Cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey.

The reclining oak figure of Jesse in the background has been moved to the north transept to give it more prominence.

The ridge of Hatterall Hill and the Black Mountains in the distance is the route for a walk with panoramic views to Hay Bluff.

Northfield is frequently described as having retained much of its village character.

All long piers, such as those at Southport, Ramsey in the Isle of Man, and Southend, were equipped with tramways, though the original idea behind them was for the conveyance of passengers, baggage, and

Silhouetted against the skyline, the south lock- house does not immediately appear to be a part of one of the county's major tourist attractions.